Search and Replace Text Wizard


Found under the Hurricane "Wizards" menu:

Search and Replace Text Wizard (screenshot)

This tool allows you to enter text to search for, and text to replace it with. You can specify whether you want to look for Normal Text only, Dimension text, and/or look in Block Attributes.

It generates a script that calls a lisp routine, something like this:

(LOAD "C:/PROGRAM FILES/HURRICANE POWERTOOL/LISP/REPTEXT.LSP")
;-------------
REPTEXT
JOHN SMITH
BILL JONES
Y
N
Y
Y
ALL

;-------------

(but who cares? The Wizard does it for you...)

** This Wizard uses AutoLISP, so it needs full AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT 2024 and later. On older LT versions, Hurricane switches it off. See Can AutoCAD LT run LISP? **

On AutoCAD LT 2023 or earlier, or prefer no LISP? See Search and Replace Text using the -FIND command — it runs entirely at the command line (no LISP routine), so it also works in AutoCAD LT.